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To evaluate relationships between specific childhood and adolescent physical activity experiences and exercise habits in adulthood.

January 1, 1999Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Childhood and adolescent physical activity patterns and adult physical activity

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To evaluate relationships between specific childhood and adolescent physical activity experiences and exercise habits in adulthood.
Enrolled 105 male volunteers who completed surveys regarding historic youth physical activity and current estimated energy expenditure alongside a treadmill stress test.
Evaluated preteen and teenage individual and team sports participation and psychosocial factors using correlation and regression analyses, adjusting for treadmill run time and skinfold thickness.
Frequency of being forced to exercise and frequency of being encouraged to exercise during preteen years were inversely related to adult physical activity, both with and without controlling for treadmill run time and skinfold thickness.
Being forced to exercise in preteen years was more strongly associated with participation in individual sports than in team sports or a combination of both.

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Observational study finds forced childhood exercise inversely correlates with adult physical activity in men, indicating early negative pressure may deter lifelong fitness.

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Taylor et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a09e4dfa9b5885644348f37 https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-199901000-00019

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Observational study finds forced childhood exercise inversely correlates with adult physical activity in men, indicating early negative pressure may deter lifelong fitness.

Childhood and adolescent physical activity patterns and adult physical activity

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